Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and th...
The state can be a force for good. The Rule of law is absolutely essential to a good life. God has instituted government and leaders throughout history and throughout the Biblical narrative. However, the state is growing precisely as the church is fa...
Also, always encourage 'being good' over 'doing good.' Acts of goodness are the difficulty for us and should, of course, be avoided. 'Being good' is far less problematic, largely because it lacks definition and can be solely a state of mind completel...
George Aaronow: I'm no fuckin' good. Ricky Roma: Hey, cut that shit George. You're a good man, you just hit a bad streak. George Aaronow: You think so?
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
I like to work at night.
She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.
There is good weird and good strange and bad weird and bad strange. Your Daddy is good weird and good strange.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.
A good man never makes excuses, a smart man is never in a position to need one.
If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.
I love good food. I'm an epicurean, that's for sure... But I am not really a good cook.
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
I think that when you smell good, you feel good. You know how when you're in a room and someone else smells good, you're like, 'Where is that?'
Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.
I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.
I'm passionate about being true to myself, sending good energy to the people around me, traveling, staying inspired, being a good friend, being a good daughter, being a good sister.
Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time.
